A Temecula woman who reported being the victim of a burglary and
attempted sexual assault early this month has admitted to police
that she made up the story to hide a gambling loss from her family,
police said Tuesday.

The woman told police that she interrupted a burglary the
afternoon of Aug. 9 at her home on Lahontan Street, police said.
She said the unknown burglar held her at knifepoint and attempted
to sexually assault her.

Detectives noticed inconsistencies in the victim's statements as
they investigated the case, and confronted her with them Aug. 25,
police said. She admitted that she made up the story to hide
gambling losses from her family.

Detectives said they will forward the case to the Riverside
County district attorney's office, which will consider charging the
victim with filing a false police report.